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145 Clever Captions for Instagram

Do you love taking photos and sharing them with your friends and family on Instagram? I know I do, but finding the best clever Instagram captions can be a headache. If you are looking for clever captions to use on your next post on Instagram, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve compiled a list of the perfect clever captions for Instagram including short clever Instagram captions, cute clever IG captions, clever and funny captions, clever selfie captions, sarcastic clever captions, clever photo captions, clever holiday captions, clever seasonal captions and clever vacation captions.

It’s hard to come up with new captions all the time. This collection of clever captions for Instagram will make your life easier and your photos even more popular!

Jump ahead to your favorite category or scroll on through to find your favorite clever caption for Instagram.

Clever Captions

Make your next post stand out with these clever captions.

My favorite exercise is a cross between a lunge and a crunch … I call it lunch.

I know the voices in my head aren’t real, but sometimes their ideas are just too good to ignore.

All you need is love … and investors. All you need is love and investors.

No thoughts brain empty just tacos and cats.

Bring the alcohol! Because no great story started with someone eating a salad.

First rule of Sundays: If you can’t reach it from your couch, you don’t need it.

Friends buy you lunch. Best friends eat your lunch.

Darn it, just accidentally had another thought again.

Live for the moments you can’t put into words.

Hiking on rocks with clever captions

Friday … my second-favorite F word.

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They say “Do what you love and money will come to you.” Let’s see what happens, I just ordered tamales.

If there would be an award for being lazy, I would send someone to pick it up for me.

Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun.

I have no idea what I was doing before you came around. Sleeping, probably.

Being an adult is like folding a fitted sheet. No one really knows how.

The little things in life matter

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Reality called, so I hung up.

Legend has it that if you look hard enough you’ll see the weekend approaching!

Clever Captions for Instagram

Here are some of the best clever captions for Instagram.

What if we told you … you can eat without posting it on Instagram?

The older you get, the better you get, unless you’re a banana.

Patience — what you have when there are too many witnesses.

Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s the Clarendon filter.

Happy Sunday! There may be no excuse for laziness, but I’m still looking.

The world is changed by your example, not your opinion.

Imposter complex is just a byproduct of success.

The best times begin at the end of your comfort zone. So you can catch me on the opposite end of the end of my comfort zone.

“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” — Harry Truman

Person on rock with clever captions for Instagram

The world changes by your example, not your opinion. So get acting right.

It’s always a good idea to be on the right side of history.

With you, everything is twice the fun and half the trouble.

A bad attitude is like a flat tire. You can’t go anywhere until you change it.

Sometimes you just need to do a thing called “what you want.”

You can’t do epic stuff with bad people. And we got the best in the biz.

We’re entrepreneurs. They call us dreamers, but we’re the ones who never sleep.

Be the EXTRA in extraordinary.

Don’t live a life regretting the things you didn’t do. Go do things!

Dream big, sparkle more, shine bright.

If you want opportunity to knock, it’s time to build a door.

Short Clever Instagram Captions

Attract more likes with these short clever Instagram captions. You might want to try out some of our Short Captions and Best Short Quotes to use as captions, too.

Google Maps said it’s MY TURN.

Rejection is just redirection.

Better an “oops” than a “what if.”

Life is simple. It’s just not easy.

When nothing goes right, go left.

Don’t quit your daydream.

Catch flights, not feelings.

Cuddle time with the pup

Just got that Friday feeling.

Person swinging on a rope with short clever Instagram captions

Sweeter than a cupcake.

Put me on your wishlist.

I got my haters seasick, they see me and get sick.

My fave sound is you snoring next to me.

Be a little more you, and a lot less them.

People say I act like I don’t care. It’s not an act.

You couldn’t even outshine my shadow.

“Life is short.” False — it’s the longest thing you do.

I can’t see heaven being much better than this.

I’m a work of art, showing you the art or working.

A day doing [activity] is a day well-spent.

Cute Clever IG Captions

Try these cute clever IG captions for your next post. Check out our list of Cute Captions.

I’m just a girl, standing in front of a salad, asking it to be a cupcake.

Seven billion smiles and these are my favorite.

Here’s to a hundred more years with you.

Happiness is watching you do what you love. Hopefully that’s me.

Always wear cute pajamas to bed; you never know who you’ll meet in your dreams.

Don’t mind me while I drink my tea

My pup is the salsa to my whole enchilada.

Are you a timekeeper? ‘Cause time slows down when I’m with you.

I don’t know who’s cuter, me or my reflection?

Focused. Intelligent. Motivated. Oh, and cute.

Person walking on white rock with cute clever IG captions

I have no idea what I was doing before you came around. Sleeping, probably.

They say elephants have a perfect memory. So do I when it comes to you.

All of us have the capacity to light up a room. Some when they enter, others when they leave it.

What’s a queen without her king? Historically speaking, more powerful.

Be a more of you, less of them.

Embrace the glorious mess that you are!

If you’re searching for the one person who will change your life, take a look in the mirror.

Less perfection, more authenticity.

Oops is always better than what if.

Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer.

Clever and Funny Captions

Take your Instagram post to the next level using these clever and funny captions. And if you like funny captions, check out our list of Funny Short Quotes for some that work perfectly for captions. Check out our list of Funny Captions.

We tried to be normal once. Worst two minutes of our lives!

That awkward moment when you’re wearing Nike’s and you can’t do it.

My favorite subject in school was recess.

The best part about waking up is going to sleep eighteen hours later.

If you fall, I will be there. Signed, Floor.

I used to think I was indecisive, but now I am not so sure.

Beach and ocean with clever and funny captions

My goal this weekend is to move… just enough so people don’t think I’m dead.

Anyone looking for a heart? Selling mine for $2. (Used, good condition)

I’m on a seafood diet. I see food, I eat it.

Well, enough about me. Let’s talk about you. What do you think about me?

We don’t know what’s tighter: Our jeans or our company culture.

The first thing I do after coming to work is logging off.

You think nothing is impossible? Try getting me out of bed before 12 PM.

There’s a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If you find it, let me know so I can get some.

We’re an acquired taste. If you don’t like us, acquire some taste.

I need a six-month holiday, twice a year.

Oh, you sent me an email? Expect a response in approximately never.

If you don’t succeed the first time, then burn all the evidence you tried.

I like my coffee how I like myself: Dark, bitter and too hot for you.

We got 99 problems, but an awesome marketing team ain’t one.

Clever Selfie Captions

Get the most out of Instagram by using these clever selfie captions. Then head to our list of Cute Selfie Captions.

Be the kind of person that makes others step up their game.

Different doesn’t mean wrong.

I’m not high maintenance, you’re just low effort.

Everyone has a chapter they don’t read out loud.

I am not taking a selfie, I am just checking my camera quality.

Person taking a selfie with clever selfie captions

Never on schedule but always on time.

Sending my selfie to NASA, because I’m a star.

What you seek is seeking you.

Single as a dollar but not looking for change.

Too glam to give a damn.

When the roots are deep there are no reasons to fear the wind.

You just can’t spell awesome without me.

Always classy, never trashy, and a little bit sassy

Beauty attracts the eye, but personality captures the heart.

Be you. Do you. For you.

Dream without fear, love without limits.

Grow through what you go through.

Keep your chin up so your crown doesn’t slip.

Leave a little sparkle wherever you go.

Smile a little more, regret a little less.

Sarcastic Clever Captions

Here are some sarcastic clever captions.

Don’t worry if plan A fails. There are 25 more letters in the alphabet.

If you’re not supposed to eat at night, why is there a light bulb in the refrigerator?

Looking at these pictures won’t fix all your problems, but it’s a good start.

My sauce is too hot that’s why you’ll never ketchup.

I found your nose. It was in my business.

We’re all one more minute closer to dying. What’s one more shot going to do?

Don’t give up on your dreams. Keep sleeping.

Mountains with sarcastic clever captions

I hate it when I’m singing a song and the artist gets the words wrong.

I’m not lazy, I’m on energy-saving mode.

Brains are awesome. I wish everybody would have one.

Please don’t call me, I’m out of your range.

Sorry I didn’t get back to your text. I was too busy converting oxygen into CO2.

You see that? That’s my patience leaving.

They say good things take time … that’s why I’m always late.

If you’re sleeping on me I hope you’re tossing and turning.

Well-behaved people don’t make it into history books.

It’s not called being bossy, it’s called having leadership skills.

Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

Sometimes you gotta fall before you fly.

Clever Photo Captions

Make your next post on Instagram perfect with these clever photo captions. Choose the best clever picture captions from the list below.

Stop working hard and start working smart.

When you learn, teach. When you get, give.

It’s time to make new memories. But first, five tequila shots.

Well, enough about me. Let’s talk about you. What do you think about me?

Everyone has that one annoying friend. If you don’t have one, then it’s probably you.

It’s okay if you don’t like me. Not everyone has good taste.

Wearing a onesie to bed just in case my SO steals the covers again.

No one can touch my books or my tacos

Being an adult is like folding a fitted sheet. No one really knows how.

My pillow is my best friend (sorry, [best friend’s name])

Being a full-time angel is so exhausting.

Be sunshine mixed with a little hurricane.

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Sunset on ocean with clever photo captions

You did not wake up today to be mediocre.

Above: A photo of me pretending to be listening.

If you like me, raise your hand. If not, then raise your standard.

Underestimate me. That’ll be fun.

It’s okay if you don’t like me. Not everyone has good taste.

I only show up wearing my best and you shouldn’t expect less.

One bad chapter doesn’t mean your story is over.

Clever Holiday Captions

Here are some great clever holiday captions for when you are enjoying the festivities of the holiday season. You might also like our lists of Funny Christmas Captions, Cute Christmas Captions and Funny Thanksgiving Captions.

Besides the tree, guess who’s going to get lit all day?

I put the “ho” in “ho, ho, ho!”

Ho-ho-home for Christmas!

I smell presents!

But first, let me take an elfie.

Here’s my resting Grinch face

December 25th is the only day I become a morning person

Christmas decorations on a table with clever Christmas captions

Christmas cheer? I thought I heard Christmas beer.

If kisses were snowflakes, we’d be having a blizzard!

My presence is really the only gift you need. Merry Christmas!

All I want for Christmas is you… and cookies… and hot chocolate

All you knead is love — and pumpkin pie

We go together like turkey and gravy

Nobody puts gravy in the corner

Thanksgiving: A time to count blessings, not carbs

Thanksgiving table decorations with a clever Thanksgiving captions that says Thanksgiving: a time to count blessing, not carbs

Family, turkey, and football — oh my!

Turkey and wine and I’m feeling fine

Gobble ’til you wobble

What a cluster pluck

Touchdowns, tailgates, and turkey

Happy Winesgiving

Clever Seasonal Captions for Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall

If you like these clever seasonal captions, check out our lists of Funny Summer Captions, Cute Fall Captions, Fall Captions, Winter Captions and Spring Captions.

Summer is a state of mind

Spring has Sprung

Spring fever

Less Monday, more summer, please

Watch more summer sunsets than Netflix

I dream of summers that last forever

Person on floatie with funny clever summer vacation captions

Hop into Spring

Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

Cutest pumpkin in the patch

Go big or gourd home

By this time my blood type is pumpkin spice

It’s fall, y’all

Don’t stop be-leafing

Four red canadian leaves held in a hand with a funny clever fall captions that reads don't stop be-leafing

Don’t sweat the fall stuff

Hocus pocus, to get the perfect selfie you need to focus

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Keep calm and fall on

Bright lights, winter nights

This is the season to sparkle

Life is better in the snow

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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place

Clever Vacation Captions

If you like these clever vacation captions, you might also like our lists of Vacation Captions, Funny Beach Captions, Palm Tree Captions, Lake Captions and Pool Captions.

Good vibes happen on the tides

Great things come to those who book vacation flights

Don’t keep vacation waiting. It’s not polite!

Person looking at sea with a vacation captions

Life is better in flip flops

The journey itself is my home

Vacationing until I forget all my passwords

While I’m on vacation, calories don’t count

Taking a short break. Be back never!

Bathing in the sunshine and drinking the wild air

No matter where the destination is, I’m on my way!

If there’s a will, there’s a wave

Love is in the air, and it’s salty

On a vacay and the world is mine

Doing myself a favor by going on a vacation

Here’s to a vacay of no regrets!

Don’t bother me. I’m on vacation!

Person looking at sunset with a clever vacation Instagram captions

Namastay in bed all day!

Friends who adventure together, stay together

Stay salty, stay beachy

Ocean air, salty hair, don’t care!

You can never have too much beach!

So that’s our list! We hope you found the perfect clever Instagram caption.

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